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Police Search For Marathon Bomber, The Other Is Dead

1:32pm April 19, 2013

The scene in suburban Boston early Friday was chaotic. Steve Inskeep and David Greene talk with NPR's Jeff Brady and WBUR reporter Fred Bever for the latest on the Boston Marathon bombings investigation.

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Investigators Search For Clues In Texas Plant Explosion

1:32pm April 19, 2013

by Wade Goodwyn

In West, Texas, the site of that huge explosion at a fertilizer plant, authorities still will not say how many people are believed dead. Plus, they have not given any indication about what caused the fire that was burning at the plant before the blast.

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Sound Montage: Remembering A Busy News Week

1:32pm April 19, 2013

At the end of a week of many tough news stories, David Greene and Steve Inskeep look back at the week with sound of people and places in the news.

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Police Focus On Boston Suburb To Track Bombing Suspect

1:32pm April 19, 2013

Many areas in Boston are on lock down as authorities continue the hunt for one of two Russian-born brothers of Chechen background. For details, David Greene talks to Jeff Brady.

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Boston-Area Residents Recall Meeting Bombing Suspects

1:32pm April 19, 2013

David Greene and Steve Inskeep talk to David Boeri of member station WBUR, NPR's Dina Temple-Raston and Zolan Young, an intern at The Boston Globe, about the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing.

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Boston Bombing Manhunt Encompasses Boston Suburb

1:32pm April 19, 2013

For the latest on the Boston Marathon Bombing case, David Greene and Steve Inskeep talk to Fred Bever of member station WBUR and Chechen expert Thomas de Waal of the Carnegie Endowment for International peace

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Boston Area Suburbs Remain On Lockdown

1:32pm April 19, 2013

FBI and SWAT teams are trying to locate a suspect in Monday's bombing at the Boston Marathon. The other suspect, his brother, was killed earlier in a shootout with police. Dr. David Schoenfeld of Beth Israel Hospital talks about Thursday night's police action in Watertown.

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The program is held at the Charles R. Drew Elementary School.

In D.C., Art Program Turns Boys' Lives Into 'Masterpieces'

10:26pm April 18, 2013

by Elizabeth Blair

In Washington's Ward 7, where only 33 percent of students graduate from high school, a program called Life Pieces to Masterpieces is sending nearly 100 percent of its graduates to college or post-secondary education.

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Conn. Governor Lambastes Senate After Gun Control Bill Fails

10:26pm April 18, 2013

After the Sandy Hook shooting, Gov. Dannel Malloy signed into law some of the strictest gun controls in the country. He also urged the passage of new federal restrictions. Melissa Block talks with Malloy about his reaction to the Senate's failure to pass legislation this week.

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Investigators Name Two Suspects In Boston Bombing

10:26pm April 18, 2013

The FBI is interested in two men seen in videos and photographs at Monday's Boston Marathon before two bombs went off. Investigators released photographs and asked the public to help identify the men on Thursday. Robert Siegel talks to Dina Temple-Raston has the latest.

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